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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•lar•i•a /məˈlɛriə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Pathologya disease characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by microorganisms that enter the bloodstream from the bite of a certain mosquito.
ma•lar•i•al, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•lar•i•a (mə lâr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologyany of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- [Archaic.]unwholesome or poisonous air.
- Italian, contraction of mala aria bad air
- 1730–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: malaria /məˈlɛərɪə/ n - an infectious disease characterized by recurring attacks of chills and fever, caused by the bite of an anopheles mosquito infected with any of four protozoans of the genus Plasmodium (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, or P. ovale)
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian mala aria bad air, from the belief that the disease was caused by the unwholesome air in swampy districtsmaˈlarial, maˈlarian, maˈlarious adj |